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Spurs can conquer Barcelona - Crouch

ESPN staff
March 10, 2011
Peter Crouch scored the only goal of the tie as Spurs beat Milan in the Champions League © Getty Images
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Peter Crouch believes that Tottenham Hotspur can beat anyone, even Barcelona, in this season's Champions League.

Spurs thundered into the quarter-finals thanks to a 1-0 aggregate win over AC Milan, with Crouch scoring the only goal, and they are now set to face another European giant in the last eight.

But the England striker is not daunted by the prospect, and he insists Spurs have enough world-class players to trouble the best.

"Why can't we go all the way?" he said. "We're in the quarter-finals, there is not far to go now and we see light at the end of the tunnel.

"It doesn't matter who we get. We have just beaten the Italian league leaders. Barcelona were a joy to watch against Arsenal but we've got match-winners in our dressing room and we've proved we can be resilient, so why can't we get to the final?

"Barcelona are the team to beat and if we drew them in the next round it would be difficult but on our day at White Hart Lane and with the crowd behind us, we can beat anyone."

Crouch is the only player in the Spurs squad who can boast previous Champions League final experience, having come on as a substitute for Liverpool when they lost the 2007 showpiece to Milan in Athens.

But the England striker believes Spurs' current crop possess more quality than the Reds side that finished runners-up in four years ago.

"Individually we are a better team," he said. "When we reached the final we were extremely well organised, knew our jobs inside out. But Tottenham have better individuals and better attacking flair going forward."

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